Auxiliary cradle bracket for telephone stands



F. ORMS 7 March 8, 1955 AUXILIARY CRADLE BRACKET FOR TELEPHONE STANDSFil ed Jun; 5. 1952 Fig-3 Francis Orms INVENTOR. 40gb.

BY fill all United States Patent AUXILIARY CRADLE BRACKET FOR TELEPHONESTANDS Francis Orms, North Akron, Ohio Application June 3, 1952, SerialNo. 291,511

1 Claim. (Cl. 179-146) The present invention relates to certain new anduseful improvements in telephone stand attachments, and has moreparticular reference to ways and means whereby, upon utilizing twosimple and economical specially constructed brackets and attaching theseto existing lugs on a stand cradle, an auxiliary cradle is bad, onewhich is ample to effectively hang the receiver while maintaining thetalking circuit closed.

It is a matter of common knowledge that many and varied styles and formsof so-called auxiliary cradles have been proposed by others. In someinstances the cradling means is formed integrally with the main orprimary cradle and in other adaptations attachments of one type oranother have been utilized. The instant solution of the problem has todo with the adoption and use of two simple, practical and economicalbrackets.

More specifically, novelty is predicated upon the adoption and use ofbrackets, each of which has a receiver seating and supporting portionwith a retaining lug at one end of said portion. The primary feature isin utilizing brackets which are preferably constructed of plastics or agood grade of rubber and wherein the brackets are provided withaccommodating and adapter means at their attachable ends. The means isnovel in that it is charac terized primarily by a heavy duty rubber bandor strap which partly embraces the anchoring lug to which it is attachedand which is sufliciently elastic that it will conformingly fitvariously shaped lugs used on currently constructed cradles.

Then, too, novelty is predicated on adapter means which also includesflexibly resilient spaced parallel side flanges, these having the bandstretched therebetween and coacting with the main body of the bracket inrendering themselves conformably adaptable to cradle lugs of differentsizes and cross-sections.

Other objects, features and advantages will become more readily apparentfrom the following description and the accompanying sheet of drawings.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein like numerals are employedto designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a so-called Frenchtype telephoneshowing the base or stand in full lines and showing the duplex receiverin phantom lines, the cradling brackets being shown applied to the stocklugs on the rear cradle portion of the stand.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the brackets as constructed inaccordance with the specific principles of this invention.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken approximately on theplane of the line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of thearrows.

Referring now to the drawings, the stand in Figure 1 is denotedgenerally by the numeral 4 and it is more or less conventional in formand includes a horizontal base portion 6 and a cradle which may becalled the main cradle, this being denoted by the numeral 8 and beingcharacterized by a pair of forward lugs 10-10 and rearward similarlyconstructed lugs 12-12. The switch buttons are denoted by the numerals14-14. The usual hand hole in the back for lifting purposes is denotedby the numeral 16 and the inclined back wall is denoted at 18. Normallythe receiver, or hand-set, as it is more frequently called is seated inthe cradle, that is, the main cradle 8. When one picks it up and desiresto hold the general or over-all appearance and shape.

2,703,823 Patented Mar. 8, 1955 phone for someone else to carry on, thereceiver may now be, with the use of improved brackets, set thereon usmgthe improved brackets as an auxiliary cradle.

The brackets are duplicates of each other and they are detachablymounted on the so-called rear retaining lugs 1212. They actuallyconstitute stirrup-like extensions which project from the lugs andoverlie the back wall 18. As previously stated retaining lugs ontelephone cradle stands vary and therefore differ in external shape andcross sectional design in height, etc. That is to say, some are flatacross the top and some are convex and others are like truncatedpyramids, etc. There are just such diiferences between lugs that toprovide a support bracket which is more or less universal in characterit has to be conformable and adaptable to the ordinary varying types oflugs which will be encountered. To this end each bracket is in the formof a solid rubber block 20 which may be said to be approximatelytriangular in The lower portion is slightly convex as at 22 and theupper surface portion 24 is flat and linearly straight and this formsthe primary seat for the receiver and it has a retaining lug 26 at oneend. The inward end of the block is preferably obliquely inclined as at28 where it provides an abutment. Projecting beyond the abutment inspaced parallel relationship are flexibly resilient flanges 3030. Theselend themselves to accommodating attachment to and retention on varyinglugs. Mainly the principal adapting feature is the cross strap or rubberband 32. This is a heavy duty type and it is simply strapped over thelug and conforms thereto. What with this rubber band, with the twoflanges and the inclined abutment means, these four componentscontribute in producing variable adapter means which is generallyreferred to by the numeral 34.

In practice, the adapter connections 24 of the respective brackets 20are snapped over their respective supporting lugs so that the seatportions 24 extend in coplanar relation and overlie the back wall 18 ofthe stand. What with the two brackets thus anchored and spaced apartthey cooperate in providing a reliable cradle auxiliary to the maincradle, as brought out advantageously in Figure l of the drawings.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and arrangement of details coming withinthe field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, ifdesired.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

Auxiliary cradle means for use in conjunction with the usual main cradleon a dial-type telephone stand wherein said main cradle has upstandingreceiver holding lugs at its corner portions, said means comprising apair of readily applicable and removable brackets which are connectiblewith two of said lugs, each bracket having a seat portion with aretaining lug at one end thereof and being provided at the opposite endof said seat portion with adapter means which may be saddled over andsuspended from one of said first named lugs, said adapter meansembodying an obliquely inclined end forming an abutment, a pair offlexibly resilient spaced parallel flanges projecting angularly fromsaid abutment, and an elastic strap connecting intermediate portions ofthe respective flanges, with the strap projecting at right angles to therespective planes of the flanges in the manner shown and described.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,849,277 Casbarro et al. Mar. 15, 1932 2,551,141 Langis et al. May 1,1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 534,250 Great Britain Mar. 3, 1941

